TAB. LVIII.
P H A L jENA p e l l u c i d a .
T R A N S P A R E N T -W IN G E D W H IT E - S P O T M O TH .
O U E R C U S N I G R A . L I N N .
BLACK OAK.
P h . Bmbyx elinguis, alis reverfis fufco-teftaceis margine estpiore purpureo: p ^m p ijW
pundto centrali niveo.
Phalaena virginienfis. Drtuy's Inf. V.2. 1. 13. ƒ 2? female.
T h e food o f this caterpillar is the Black Ja c k and other Oaks. I t buried itfelf Ju ly
12th, and th e moth appeared th e 26th. Another w e n t in to th e ground Auguft
0th, and came out th e 24th. I t Iikewife comes forth early in th e ipring, for I have
taken this fpecies o f moth on the 10th o f May. T h e middle o f th e upper win g in
th e male is quite tranfparent, feeming to betray an affinity to th e Humble-bee
Sphinx. I t is n o t common, and has not, I believe, been found in Virginia.
This and the three preceding fpecies evidently form a natural family of P f e W Bomlyces,
which agree in the horns on the neck of the caterpillar, and double fpines along its back; the
flraight projefting tail of the chryfalis, and minute prickles placed more or letsfonfevcral parts
of its forface; and finally iu the whole habit, yellowifh colonrs, and peculiar marking of the
pcrfca mica, as well as the antenna of the male being feathered at the bate only. Mr.
Drury’s virpnimfis feems to be the female of our fd h d ia , done from a faded fpecimen.